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Committee Hearings Galore
John Hall has a busy committee day tomorrow, when all three of the committees he sits on hold hearings. Perhaps the most anticipated is the first meeting of the new House Selection Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming:
SELECT ENERGY INDEPENDENCE & GLOBAL WARMING—————9:30-Open
Full Committee. Hrng. on geopolitical implications of rising oil dependence and global warming. Richard Haas, President, Council of Foreign Relations; Carl Pope, Executive Director, Sierra Club; James Woolsey, former Director, CIA; Vice Adm. Dennis McGinn. 1100 LHOB.
TRANSPORTATION & INFRASTRUCTURE————————————10:00-Open Full Committee. Hrng. on proposals to downsize Federal Protective Service and impact on protection of federal buildings. 2167 RHOB.
TRANSPORTATION & INFRASTRUCTURE————————————–2:00-Open Full Committee. Hrng. on compliance with Coast Guard deepwater contract. Public witnesses. 2167 RHOB.
VETERANS AFFAIRS—————————————————————-10:00-Open Full Committee. Markup on H.R. 1642 – Homeless Veterans Housing atSepulveda
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Center Promotion Act. Followed by hrng. on H.R. 23 – Belated Thank You to the Merchant Mariners of World War II Act. 334 CHOB.It is not clear if CSpan or anyone else will stream the Energy Independence committee session live, as is done with the Transportation and Veterans’ Committees each on thier on websites.